Being on the other side of the counter surely gives a person an
overall perspective of good and bad vehicles. The thing that puzzles
me a little bit is that out of the six I know of that are used for
tow vehicles, none has had cooling system problems. I wonder if that
has anything to do with the use of the vehicle for long hauls rather
than around town driving?
At 11:29 PM 8/15/2006, Guyots3@wmconnect.com wrote:
>In a message dated 8/15/2006 3:16:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>owner-fot-digest@autox.team.net writes:
>
>
> > Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:47:04 -0400
> > From: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>
> > Subject: RE: [FOT] Thoughts on a TR tow vehicle
> >
> > >So what do you think might be the towing capacity of a 1967 Ford Country
> > >Squire station wagon with the 390 cubic inch motor?
> >
> > I can comment because I spent well under the $10,000 limit.
> >
> > On the Coolness Gauge:
> >
> > Astro van: Off the scale low
> >
> > '67 Country Squire: Pretty nearly pegged out
> >
> > John
>
>My 2pence worth:
>
>Chevy Astro Van: It's the work of the Devil himself I tell you!
>
> >>>When I worked in Auto parts for 18 months, I discovered that particular
>vehicle is hewn from a chunk of pure evil. The cooling system gives
>a tremendous
>amount of trouble and expense to it's sad owners. It is way up there on my
>list of Avoid at all cost vehicles.
>
>The only vehicle with a worse cooling system is the Jeep with 4.0 liter V6...
>
>
>and the only vehicles that even come close in terms of sheer nastiness are
>Ford's Taurus, Tempo and Escorts...yuk, yuk, and double yuk...
>
>To be fair on Ford, we towed a heavy U-Haul tralier across country with my
>wife's '86 Ford Econoline Camper Van on M&S truck tires, very nearly
>forgeot it
>was there, except on ascending the highest mountain passes. We have the
>Straight 6 Cylinder, 4.9 liter engine. Seems to be good for about
>10mpg, empty or
>full, towing or not, uphill or on the flat...at any speed...strange
>but true. I
>hate working on that van through the letterbox slot of a hood, but thankfully
>it is very reliable and I don't often have to.
>
>I like towing with my 97 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4WD with V6, with has abundant
>torque and a 1" lift, I think it can tow up to 5,000lb without any
>problem, but
>can't be exact and have never been close.
>
>Hope that helps some
>
>Best Regards
>
>Leon
>
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